Corporal WILLIAM LESLIE GEORGE (JOE) SIMPSON
Service Number: 1919427
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
1 Parachute Sqn.
Date of Death
Died 20 September 1944
Age 29 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Silver Star (U.S.A.). Son of Walter and Maryann Simpson, of Chillaton, Lifton, Devon.
- Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR THE FREEDOM HE LOVED. IN MIND, A DAILY THOUGHT, IN HEART, A SACRED SORROW
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